Barbara Bach

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Barbara Bach
Born Barbara Goldbach
August 27, 1947 (1947-08-27) (age 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active 1968-1986
Spouse(s) Augusto Gregorini (1968-1978)
Ringo Starr (1981 - to present)

Barbara Bach (born August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model, best-known as the Bond girl from the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). She is married to musician Ringo Starr, former drummer of The Beatles.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Bach was born Barbara Goldbach in Queens, New York, the daughter of Marjorie and Howard Goldbach, a policeman. She was the oldest of five children. Her father was Austrian Jewish and her mother was Irish Catholic, and she attended a Catholic high school, Dominican Commercial in Jamaica, N.Y.[1] Bach left school at sixteen to become a model, quickly rising to the ranks of top models.

Bach met [Italian] businessman Augusto Gregorini [on a flight to Rome] in 1966. They were married in 1968 and moved to Italy where they had a daughter, singer-songwriter Francesca Gregorini (born August 7, 1968) and a son Gianni (born in 1972).

[edit] Career

In 1971, Bach co-starred with two other Bond girls, Claudine Auger and Barbara Bouchet in the mystery La Tarantola dal ventre nero giallo and had small roles in other Italian films.

In 1975, Bach separated from her first husband Augusto Gregorini and moved back to the United States with her two children. In 1977, her role as Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me gained her recognition as an international sex symbol and the following year she appeared in the movie Force 10 from Navarone. Bach has 28 films to her credit, although she has not worked as an actress since the mid-1980s.

Bach met Ringo Starr on the set of the film Caveman in February, 1980, and they were married on April 27, 1981, a few weeks after the film's release. Bach in recent years has accompanied Starr on his tours. Bach has appeared on some of Ringo's music videos, and played on some of his tracks.

Bach holds a Master's Degree (UCLA, 1993) in psychology. She started the Self Help Addiction Recovery Program (S.H.A.R.P.) with the help of Patti Boyd, Harrison and Clapton.

Bach and Starr created 'The Lotus Foundation', a charity with many sub-charites.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role
1968 L' Odissea (aka The Adventures of Ulysses) Barbara Gregorini
1971 Mio padre Monsignore Chiara
La Tarantola dal ventre nero (aka Black Belly of the Tarantula) Jenny
La Corta notte delle bambole di vetro (aka Paralyzed / Short Night of Glass Dolls) Mira Svoboda
Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (aka A Few Hours of Sunlight / A Little Sun in Cold Water) Héloïse/Elvire
1972 I Predatori si muovono all'alba Helen
1973 Paolo il caldo (aka The Sensual Man / The Sensuous Sicilian)
Il Maschio ruspante Rema
L' Ultima chance (aka Last Chance / Motel of Fear) Emily
1974 Il Cittadino si ribella (aka Street Law / The Citizen Rebels) Barbara
1975 Il Lupo dei mari (aka Legend of the Sea Wolf / Larsen, Wolf of the Seven Seas) Maud Brewster
1977 Ecco noi per esempio
The Spy Who Loved Me Anya Amasova
1978 Force 10 from Navarone Maritza Petrovich
1979 L' Isola degli uomini pesce (aka The Island of the Fishmen / Island of Mutations / Screamers) Amanda Marvin
L' Umanoide (aka The Humanoid) Lady Agatha
Jaguar Lives Anna Thompson
Il Fiume del grande caimano (aka Alligators / The Big Alligator River / The Great Alligator) Alice Brandt
1980 Up the Academy Bliss
1981 Caveman Lana
The Unseen Jennifer Fast
1982 The Cooler
1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street Journalist
1986 To the North of Katmandu

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Bach, Barbara (1984-04-18). How Ringo has changed me. Weekend Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.

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NAME Bach, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldbach, Barbara
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH 27 August 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH